This is the heart-stopping moment a toddler survived being run over by his family's SUV.

The youngster, 3, was playing alone in front of his home when a Toyota Fortuner pulled up into the driveway in Gujarat, India, on June 24.

Dramatic CCTV footage shows the boy, 3, bending down to pick up his toy from the pavement, putting him in the SUV's blind spot.

He was struck on the head by the bumper, with his mother screaming in panic as he disappeared under the vehicle.

The frantic parent was seen frantically trying to reach the youngster. She scooped up the crying boy in her arms.

As the lad disappears under the front wheels of the 4WD, his screaming mother runs out of the house, throwing herself in front of the SUV to make it stop.

She is seen searching desperately for her son before pulling him out from the side of the vehicle and scooping him up into her arms.

The boy had miraculously emerged unscathed as the SUV's large wheels missed him by mere inches.